Pique makes fun of VAR, president balances that Real have an advantage

It is not because he finally shone on the ground that the Barça decided to sit backstage. Clearly domineering in Villarreal this Sunday evening as part of the 34^e Liga day (4-1), in the wake of a Messi trioGriezmann-Suarez more axial, more inspired and more efficient, the Catalan club remains in the title race with four points behind Real Madrid. So he puts pressure on arbitration again and again, this time with the irony of Gerard Piqué and a heavy accusation by President Josep Maria Bartomeu.

When Lionel Messi’s goal was denied by VAR at 70^e minute, the Barça captain mimicked sending a message, unless it was a puppet game. In its viewfinder, Madrid. A few hours earlier, the leader had won in Bilbao. And the Basques had deplored certain arbitrary choices, like other previous opponents. Zinedine Zidane suddenly said “tired” by these controversies, wanting that his players reap the merit of this return to perfect competition.

VAR is not “fair” according to Bartomeu

The president of Barça, he clearly chose to put fuel on the fire. “I watched the Bilbao game, another victory for Real,” said Josep Maria Bartomeu after Barça’s victory in Villarreal. Our message, which I will repeat, is that VAR is not at the height. It’s not fair since the recovery after the Covid and it affects the results. It always seems to favor a team. It is true that there have been many games in which the VAR has favored the same The VAR has to help the referee, but over the past few weeks, everyone has seen a lot of pictures that it has not been fair. “

It promises for the last four days of Liga, with the distance duel between Real Madrid, favorite to be champion, and Barça. Zinedine Zidane players will receive Alavès (15^e) as well as Villarreal (5^e) and will go to Granada (10^e) as well as Leganes (19th). Those of Quique Setien will welcome Espanyol (20^e) as well as Osasuna (11^e) and will travel to Valladolid (13^e) as well as Alaves (15^e). The tension will only drop slightly in two weeks, at the end of the last day. The 2019-2020 La Liga will then have a champion.

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